In Class Warfare, Guess Which Class Is Winning

Wiregrass Willie

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Sat Nov-17-07 11:23 AM
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In Class Warfare, Guess Which Class Is Winning

An interview with Warren Buffett.
By BEN STEIN
Published: November 26, 2006

....Even though I agreed with him, I warned that whenever someone tried to raise the issue, he or she was accused of fomenting class warfare.....

"There’s class warfare, all right," Mr. Buffett said, "but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/business/yourmoney/26every.html?ex=1322197200&en=0cf877b05b918674&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

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Angela Shelley

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Sat Nov-17-07 11:29 AM
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1. But only as long as

the rest of the population keeps playing their game.

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papau

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Sat Nov-17-07 11:35 AM
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2. Bush tax cuts cut tax intake: Clinton fiscal 2000 was $1 trillion, Bush 03 was $0.79 T, Bush 06=$1T

"the federal government collected roughly $1.004 trillion in income taxes from individuals in fiscal 2000, the last full year of President Bill Clinton’s merry rule. It fell to a low of $794 billion in 2003 after Mr. Bush’s tax cuts (but not, you understand, because of them, his supporters like to say). Only by the end of fiscal 2006 did income tax revenue surpass the $1 trillion level again"

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patrice

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Sat Nov-17-07 11:37 AM
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3. Why do you suppose Ben Stein doesn't "... want class warfare."?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9050474362583451279

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